1. Introduction to Wikipedia & Wikipedia assignment

2. Highly popular

3. Wide variety of uses

5. The encyclopedia that anyone can edit

6. Who is editing now? http://rcmap.hatnote.com/#en

7. Major source of information on most psychological concepts

8. Misalignment in Wikipedia: Iron Man
10,189 words
The article about iron man has more than 10 thousand words, has lots of useful information and well-structured.

9. Yet many Wikipedia articles on psychology were impoverished or out of date
Start Quality
Little content
713 words
8 references
50% of ~5,000 psychology articles not evaluated
83% of ~2,500 evaluated articles were rated “C” or below

10. Wikipedia Assignment
Substantially improve an existing one on a topic relevant to the course

11. Goals of Wikipedia assignment
Become an “expert” in some topic relevant to the course
Provide a public good
Return some of what you’ve learned back to the world by improving Wikipedia
Become a better writer
Improve your digital literacy
Provide common ground for class
Wikipedia as an interesting online group/community

14. New Original 2 pages with bio separated from theory Sections: 27
Words: 5,669
Images: 1
References: 35
External links: 18
Original
1 article combing bio and theory
Sections: 7
Words: 831
Images: 0
References: 5
External links: 7

16. Article discussion pages: Where coordination gets done

17. Principles and policies

18. To get started
Look through the assignment at
Create a Wikipedia account & Communication in Groups & Organizations on the Wikipedia educational portal
Passcode = vchmixgn
Then start the training.

19. Timeline & important deadlines
Week
Activity 2
Create a Wikipedia account & user page, and then enroll; Training 3
Learn how to evaluate Wikipedia articles 4
Add 1–2 sentences of new information to a Wikipedia article 5
Post 3 to 5 potential Wikipedia articles to course forum  6
Select and article and partner, and start planning improvements. Meet with the course instructor to discuss your article 7
Draft your article 8
Choose articles to peer review 9
Complete peer review & respond to others’ reviews of your article. Complete first draft. 10
Continue to improve your article. 11
Polish your article. Respond to community feedback, if any. 12
Finalize your article.  13
Submit final article 15
Submit reflection essay